ps2pdf is part of the GhostScript package, versions should be
available for most operating systems.

Um, on second thought, I have been playing with this and it is
giving me cat fits. The GIMP's Postscript files are fine, but
apparently ps2pdf, at least the version installed on my system, does
not like "arbitrary" dimensions, and gives me an image cropped as IT
dang well pleases as a pdf output.

So, here's another e-z gui option, probably better than any I
suggested earlier:

Save your image as a .png file. Open it with Inkscape, making sure
the "embed" option is selected. Do a Save As, select the PDF
format, name the output file with the correct extension, and hit the
go button.

This should work on all platforms. If it does not, make sure you
have GhostScript installed - you also need it to import .pdf files
to the GIMP.

If you do not already have Inkscape, congratulations, now you can
play with vector files! Don't miss Inkscape's File > Import from
Open Clip Art Library command - tons of free images that are
flexible and adaptable in every sense of the word.

Saving file as a PDF?

On 02/18/2012 07:02 PM, lckrkrzypatch wrote:

Is it possible to save files as PDF like photoshop?

Normally when I want a GIMP image in pdf format, it would be to include it in a
multi-page document. I would use LibreOffice to complete the formatting using
.png images saved from GIMP, and export from LibreOffice to pdf.

I have no idea otherwise about what doing it "like photoshop" would mean other
than what has already been suggested.

Saving file as a PDF?

On Sun, 2012-02-19 at 04:02 +0100, lckrkrzypatch wrote:

Is it possible to save files as PDF like photoshop?

Assuming you are on a GNU/Linux™ system and are using CUPS to manage
your printers,(1) File->Print(2) in the list of printers, at the top, choose Print to File
(3) make sure PDF is selected as the format.

GIMP will not reliably open the image again if yuo save it as pdf; for
re-opening purpose, save in GIMP's native xcf format; you can save space
by using .xcf.gz as the file extension, which will compress it.

If you want to place the image on the page using Illustrator, save
(export) it to Encapsulated PostScript (EPS).

If you want to place the image on the page in Inkscape, use PNG format,
which is lossless as far as detail is concerned, but does not preserve
text layers as text.

If you want something else, be more precise with your question, and
remember many people on this list have never actually seen Adobe
PhotoShop.